12 May 2015 South Korea Army Staff Visits 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Republic of Korea Army leaders from the 16thMechanized Infantry Brigade, 8th Infantry Division, met with 1st Armored BrigadeCombat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, staff in order to communicate tactics andtechniques regarding weapon of mass destruction removal operations, May 3, atCamp Hovey, South...
11 May 2015 CV-22 Osprey Squadron Headed for Japan The Department of Defense announced plans to station a special operations squadron of CV-22 Osprey aircraft at Yokota Air Base, Japan, according to a DoD news release issued today. The first three aircraft will arrive in the second half of 2017 with an additional seven aircraft scheduled to arrive...
11 May 2015 Carl Vinson Strike Group Conducts Exercises With Royal Malaysian Military Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, and Destroyer Squadron 1 participated in various bi-lateral training events May 10 in the South China Sea with Malaysian air and surface units in support of Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet theater security cooperation objectives.The strike group...
11 May 2015 Nepal, USAF Combine Efforts to Conduct Critical Runway Repairs Airmen and Nepalese officials worked together torepair the runway at the Tribhuvan International Airport here May 9 through10.Airmen with the 36th Contingency Response Group attached to JointTask Force-505 and members of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal teamed up toconduct necessary repairs to...
11 May 2015 Korean Service Corps Deploys to U.S. for Field Training Ifone were to research the legacy of the Korean Service Corps, the results wouldlikely tie the unit's efforts to support the United States Army on the Koreanpeninsula. For the unaware, this story of service actually includes chapters onAmerican soil. The most recent entry was added recently when...
11 May 2015 Joint U.S. Forces Support Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts in Thailand In support of Operation Sahayogi Haat, U.S. Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors andMarines are ensuring humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies andpersonnel are moving smoothly in and out of Nepal at an intermediate stagingbase at Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand.At the ISB, Joint...
11 May 2015 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Disposes of Sea Mine in Saipan Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 Det. Marianas conducted a controlled burn of a Japanese sea mine on the morning of May 9.After Joint Region Marianas received a request for assistance from Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Eloy S. Inos, six EOD technicians flew from...
11 May 2015 Nepal Earthquake Relief Effort Named ‘Operation Sahayogi Haat’ U.S. military earthquake relief efforts in Nepal led by Joint Task Force 505 have been named “Operation Sahayogi Haat,” which means “Helping Hand” in Nepali, by U.S. Pacific Command based out of Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.JTF 505 has been working with the government of Nepal in support of joint...
11 May 2015 Nepalese Army, USAF Work with Bangladesh, Indian Air Forces to Process Relief Supplies The Nepalese Army and U.S. Airmen from the 36thContingency Response Group demonstrated cooperative international workingrelationships while supporting multinational humanitarian assistance anddisaster relief missions here May 7.The soldiers and Airmen workedside-by-side with military members from...
08 May 2015 Joint Personnel, US Marines Fly Critical Supplies to Nepal Earthquake Survivors U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 and Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 262, flew relief supplies in UH-1Y Hueys and MV-22 Ospreys to Charikot, Nepal from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, May 7. “Today our mission was to deliver tarps and tent supplies to...